Do weBoost antennas work on digital signals or on analog signals?

weBoost
antennas work on both digital and analog signals
, so you will be able to boost the signal of your cell phone no matter
what type of cellphone you have.

To
understand whether or not your cellular phone has analog or digital signals, you
first have to understand what these are.

Analog Signals

For the
purpose of this question,
analog signals refer to signals from an analog
cell phone
. These devices were created
back in “1983” and are known as “first generation mobile technology, or 1G”
(Brain, Tyson, Layton, “How Cell Phones Work”).

Therefore,
an analog cell phone would be a cell phone with very limited features such as an old model like the Motorola
StarTAC 130 analog cell phone.

Digital Signal

For the
purpose of this question,
digital signals refer to signals from a digital
cell phone
. According the Marshall Brain,
Jeff Tyson, and Julia Layton in the article, “How Cell Phones Work,” the “first
digital cell phones were the second generation (2G) of cellular technology.”
Digital cell phones work differently than analog cell phones because they’re
able to “covert your voice into binary information (1s and 0s) and then
compress it.” This “allows between three and 10 digital cell phone calls to
occupy the space of a single analog call” (Brain, Tyson, and Layton, “How Cell
Phones Work”).

This means
that cellular networks (you carrier) can have more callers on their networks
with digital cell phones, which is why most networks are switching to digital
technology and users are switching to digital cell phones. With a digital
cellphone you also get more features, such as e-mail, apps, and Internet
browsing .

Comparing Analog and Digital Cell phones

Despite the
shift toward digital, analog and digital cell phones both have pros and cons.

·
Limited to what they can do and less ability to receive and send
data
(do not offer extra features aside
from calling)

·
Less resistant to cell phone “static and signal
fading”

·
Difficult to upgrade

(Wotel, “Analog.
Digital. What’s the Difference”)

These cell
phone options are probably what you would consider if you’re on a budget or if
you want to buy a cell phone for a younger child (so that you can stay in
contact with them, but don’t have to spend a lot of money).

Digital Cell Phone Pros and Cons

The three
main
pros of digital cell phones
are:

·
Better “voice clarity” (you’re better able to hear what’s being said, even if you don’t get
as much volume)

·
More features and better ability to receive and send
data
(you can call, text, read emails,
send emails, play games, search the internet, and more)

·
Easier to upgrade
(not only does your cellphone update, but you’re also able to upgrade to better
phones more conveniently than with an analog cell phone)

(Wotel, “Analog.
Digital. What’s the Difference”)

The three
main
cons of digital cell phones
are:

·
More expensive
(the price and the monthly bills can be costly if you’re on a budget)

·
Less quality voice
(the quality of the voice is lower)

·
More susceptible to dropped calls

(Wotel, “Analog.
Digital. What’s the Difference”)

Digital cell
phones are a good option if you want a cell phone with more features and better
data capabilities.

Therefore,
whether you have static or signal problems with your analog cell phone or
dropped calls or poor signal problems with you digital phone - weBoost antennas
are there to help.

How weBoost Antennas Work

To
amplify your signal, you need to have an outside antenna, an inside antenna, a signal booster,
and cables to connect all three.

The weBoost
Installation guide explains how this works: “When using a Signal Booster with antennas, the Outside Antenna will collect the cell tower signal
and send it through the cable to the Signal Booster. The signal is then
amplified and re-retransmitted through the Inside Antenna into the room. Cell
phones and cellular data cards in that area then communicate with the improved
signal” (Installation Guide: Adjustable Gain Signal Boosters).

To think of
this visually here’s an image.

(This is a
screenshot of the Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars game taken from http://command-and-conquer-3-tiberium-wars.en.softonic.com/)

For you
Command
and Conquer
fans, imagine that the outside
antenna is your harvester. In
Command and Conquer, the harvester is a vehicle that harvests Tiberian
(or Tiberium) crystals and returns to the base to turn those crystals into
money.

Once the
harvester (outside antenna) has collected enough crystals (signal), it returns
to a specific building to unload the crystals. This building is your signal
booster. The building (signal
booster) collects the crystals (signal) and sends it to the machine that
converts the crystals into cash. This machine is your inside antenna. The
machine (inside antenna) makes the crystals (signal) into money (a stronger and
better signal for your cell phone).

Therefore,
you can’t have an outside antenna (what gets the signal) without an inside
antenna (what converts the signal). It would be like having a harvester and a
building with no way to change the crystals into money (signal into a signal
for your cell phone). Or it would be like having a building and machine ready
to make crystals out of money, but no harvester (so no signal).

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